Thursday, June 28, 2007
YOU WIN, NY POST
Best front cover ever:
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I listened to We Are The World a couple weeks ago and, when it came time for Bob Dylan to sing, I thought to myself, "Hmmm.... His Royal Bobness sounds like he's trying to sing soulfully. Weird, I've never heard him put any of that kind of soulfulness into his music."
Honest-to-God, the next day I was sent this clip randomly from a backstage documentary on the making of We Are The World, where we see Old Bob learn his part from... Stevie Wonder!
Tuesday, June 26, 2007
WELCOME TO THE BLOGGING FAMILY
A new group blog that I'm doing with some friends: The Nosebleeds.
It's nine of the best comedian/writers on the Internets just talking about their passion: sports.
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I wasn't a huge fan of the Jim Jarmusch anthology film, Night on Earth, chronicling five seperate taxi rides in five seperate countries at the same time.
However, I enjoyed the hell out of the Rome segment, starring Roberto Begnini. So here it is - hilarious:
Part I:
Part II:
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It's nine of the best comedian/writers on the Internets just talking about their passion: sports.
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I wasn't a huge fan of the Jim Jarmusch anthology film, Night on Earth, chronicling five seperate taxi rides in five seperate countries at the same time.
However, I enjoyed the hell out of the Rome segment, starring Roberto Begnini. So here it is - hilarious:
Part I:
Part II:
Monday, June 25, 2007
WATCH MICHAEL MOORE'S NEW MOVIE SICKO
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THE BEST SHOW ON TELEVISION, PERIOD
And I bet you haven't even watched it yet - Tyler Perry's House of Payne on TBS. I DVRed two episodes the other night, and holy crap, it's unbelieveable.
It's not even like a sitcom-sitcom; it's more like a sitcom by someone who had once had an episode of Mr. Belvedere described to him by a child in a language he didn't quite understand, and decided to extrapolate a whole show based on that.
And yet, I enjoyed the shit out of it.
The acting is uniformly terrible. The two kids in the show seem like they were told "You see how wooden Rudy Huxtable is? Do that times twenty."
Everyone else constantly flails their arms like they're trying to wave off the stench of failure that seems to reek from every frame of celluloid this was recorded on. Seriously, if you turned it on halfway through and told me, "This is a show called The Constantly Having Seizures Family," I'd believe it.
The premise of the show is that a guy named CJ had his house burned down by his crackhead wife, who then ran off, leaving him to move in with his uncle Curtis and aunt. The uncle hates him, and makes all kinds of horrible jokes about the poor guys amazing tragedy (holding a piece of toast - "You burnt this? You just like your wife!").
Okay, so the first episode I watched involves a story that wanders all over the plot map, from point A to point C to point B until it enters a land marked only, "Here Be Dragons!".
At one point, they're in the fire house where Uncle Curtis is the fire chief - their city has a firehouse with only four firefighters, by the way; Curtis, his son who is also a college student (but never studies and seems to have plenty of spare time to hang out and have adventures), CJ, and a fat white guy.
The retired former fire chief comes to visit, and then CJ comes to work twenty minutes late, and Curtis (properly) chews him out, puts him on kitchen duty. I'm assuming this is normal behaviour at a firehouse, but this convinces the retired fire chief that Curtis has an anger problem, and commands him to take an anger-management course. If not, he warns Curtis that he's still got a lot of pull downtown, and can have Curtis suspended.
Conveniently, the retired fire chief has a friend who can come down and give an anger management course that day, and so the next scene is back at the firehouse, later that day, where the retired fire chief's "friend" is a white guy in a blond afro wig doing the world's worst Richard Simmons impression, complete with tank top and short-shorts. He introduces the F.A.Y anger management system - FEEL the anger, ACKNOWLEDGE the anger, and YELL. This scene goes on for approxiimately 800 million minutes and never builds or gets funny.
The anger management guru insists on following Curtis home to get a better understanding of his normal routine and take notes. Why? Who knows? But it's either suffer a violation of his privacy or get suspended by a guy who has no power over his career, so Curtis agrees. At one point, Curtis threatens to deck his 8 year-old grand-nephew, and the guru makes a note to "call child protective services." All give him a dirty look, and he retracts his statement and crosses it out. Because the only power greater than the law is peer pressure.
Somehow, this leads to Curtis, his son, and CJ deciding to go to a crackhouse to find the guy's wife. For some reason, the guru elects to join them, showing up in a full-on track suit. At the crackhouse, they meet a hilarious crackhead who offers to sell them a laptop for five bucks, then they find the wife and her crack dealer pimp. She doesn't come home with him, and when they're all back at the house (minus the guru, whose anger management subplot is never resolved), the aunt announces
that the only way to help her the wife is through prayer. (If you think, "Okay, clearly Tyler Perry's making fun of what a dumb, non-proactive way to deal with your problems this is, in the very next episode episode, CJ says the same thing.) The second she leaves the room to pray, the wife shows up! It might be the power of prayer, but she didn't even have time to dial God's number. The wife promises to rehab, but leaves the next morning after having ripped everyone off of their valuables.
By the way, full-on gay panic and homophobia is a leitmotif for the show. A major subplot in the second episode I watched involves Curtis thinking his 8 year-old grand-nephew is gay because he walked into the kitchen, where the boy is drinking milk out of a bottle, wearing a full-on dancers' gown with tutu.
The next night, CJ walks into the kitchen and sees the same thing - the boy is still drinking out of the same bottle and, I believe, wearing the same clothes including the tutu. The kid explains that the tutu is something his mother wore to dance around the house, and he likes to wear it because it smells like her. First of all, yuck. Second of all, his mom wore a full-on dancer's outfit to dance around the house?
Also, no one seems upset that this kid had the family's bottle of milk to his lips, drinking the whole thing at once? Do they go through eighteen gallons a week? Will there be an episode where it takes him eighteen hours to take a dump?
In all, I HIGHLY recommend watching this show. I am seriously DVRing it every week.
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And here's a great scene from the sitcom Tyler Perry thinks he's making, All In The Family.
Archie Bunker has a Swastika painted on his door, and has a Jewish vigilante offer to help protect him:
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It's not even like a sitcom-sitcom; it's more like a sitcom by someone who had once had an episode of Mr. Belvedere described to him by a child in a language he didn't quite understand, and decided to extrapolate a whole show based on that.
And yet, I enjoyed the shit out of it.
The acting is uniformly terrible. The two kids in the show seem like they were told "You see how wooden Rudy Huxtable is? Do that times twenty."
Everyone else constantly flails their arms like they're trying to wave off the stench of failure that seems to reek from every frame of celluloid this was recorded on. Seriously, if you turned it on halfway through and told me, "This is a show called The Constantly Having Seizures Family," I'd believe it.
The premise of the show is that a guy named CJ had his house burned down by his crackhead wife, who then ran off, leaving him to move in with his uncle Curtis and aunt. The uncle hates him, and makes all kinds of horrible jokes about the poor guys amazing tragedy (holding a piece of toast - "You burnt this? You just like your wife!").
Okay, so the first episode I watched involves a story that wanders all over the plot map, from point A to point C to point B until it enters a land marked only, "Here Be Dragons!".
At one point, they're in the fire house where Uncle Curtis is the fire chief - their city has a firehouse with only four firefighters, by the way; Curtis, his son who is also a college student (but never studies and seems to have plenty of spare time to hang out and have adventures), CJ, and a fat white guy.
The retired former fire chief comes to visit, and then CJ comes to work twenty minutes late, and Curtis (properly) chews him out, puts him on kitchen duty. I'm assuming this is normal behaviour at a firehouse, but this convinces the retired fire chief that Curtis has an anger problem, and commands him to take an anger-management course. If not, he warns Curtis that he's still got a lot of pull downtown, and can have Curtis suspended.
Conveniently, the retired fire chief has a friend who can come down and give an anger management course that day, and so the next scene is back at the firehouse, later that day, where the retired fire chief's "friend" is a white guy in a blond afro wig doing the world's worst Richard Simmons impression, complete with tank top and short-shorts. He introduces the F.A.Y anger management system - FEEL the anger, ACKNOWLEDGE the anger, and YELL. This scene goes on for approxiimately 800 million minutes and never builds or gets funny.
The anger management guru insists on following Curtis home to get a better understanding of his normal routine and take notes. Why? Who knows? But it's either suffer a violation of his privacy or get suspended by a guy who has no power over his career, so Curtis agrees. At one point, Curtis threatens to deck his 8 year-old grand-nephew, and the guru makes a note to "call child protective services." All give him a dirty look, and he retracts his statement and crosses it out. Because the only power greater than the law is peer pressure.
Somehow, this leads to Curtis, his son, and CJ deciding to go to a crackhouse to find the guy's wife. For some reason, the guru elects to join them, showing up in a full-on track suit. At the crackhouse, they meet a hilarious crackhead who offers to sell them a laptop for five bucks, then they find the wife and her crack dealer pimp. She doesn't come home with him, and when they're all back at the house (minus the guru, whose anger management subplot is never resolved), the aunt announces
that the only way to help her the wife is through prayer. (If you think, "Okay, clearly Tyler Perry's making fun of what a dumb, non-proactive way to deal with your problems this is, in the very next episode episode, CJ says the same thing.) The second she leaves the room to pray, the wife shows up! It might be the power of prayer, but she didn't even have time to dial God's number. The wife promises to rehab, but leaves the next morning after having ripped everyone off of their valuables.
By the way, full-on gay panic and homophobia is a leitmotif for the show. A major subplot in the second episode I watched involves Curtis thinking his 8 year-old grand-nephew is gay because he walked into the kitchen, where the boy is drinking milk out of a bottle, wearing a full-on dancers' gown with tutu.
The next night, CJ walks into the kitchen and sees the same thing - the boy is still drinking out of the same bottle and, I believe, wearing the same clothes including the tutu. The kid explains that the tutu is something his mother wore to dance around the house, and he likes to wear it because it smells like her. First of all, yuck. Second of all, his mom wore a full-on dancer's outfit to dance around the house?
Also, no one seems upset that this kid had the family's bottle of milk to his lips, drinking the whole thing at once? Do they go through eighteen gallons a week? Will there be an episode where it takes him eighteen hours to take a dump?
In all, I HIGHLY recommend watching this show. I am seriously DVRing it every week.
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And here's a great scene from the sitcom Tyler Perry thinks he's making, All In The Family.
Archie Bunker has a Swastika painted on his door, and has a Jewish vigilante offer to help protect him:
Monday, June 18, 2007
OKAY, I KNOW THIS BLOG HAS SUCKED AS OF LATE
But the good news is, I have one more writing submission packet left to write, just one more blank wall to bang my head against, and then I'll have plenty of time for this blog again.
I am writing a tasty entry for tomorrow, though.
Meanwhile, enjoy this:
JUNE 18th - last show until September!
Tell Your Friends!
at the Lolita bar!
266 Broome St., at the corner of Allen!
8:00pm - FREE!
Host: Liam McEneaney - as seen on Comedy Central's "Premium Blend" and VH1's "Best Week Ever"
Acts:
Demetri Martin - is a correspondent for "The Daily Show w/ Jon Stewart" and had a Comedy Central one-hour special, "Demetri Martin: Person." His album, "These Are Jokes," is available from Comedy Central Records
Greg Giraldo - has had two "Comedy Central Presents: Greg Giraldo" specials; has appeared on the Comedy Central Roasts for Pamela Anderson, William Shatner, and Chevy Chase; and has made multiple appearances on "The Late Show w/ David Letterman" and "Late Night w/ Conan O'Brien." His album, "Good Day to Cross A River," is available from Comedy Central Records
Rachel Trachtenburg - is the drummer for the Trachtenburg Family Slideshow Players, and has appeared on "Late Night w/ Conan O'Brien" and toured the USA and Europe. She's working some stuff out for her solo show at the Edinburgh Fringe Festival
Amanda Melson - as seen on Comedy Central's "Live At Gotham"
Baron Vaughn - has appeared at the prestigious US Comedy Arts Festival in Aspen
Andres DuBouchet - part-man, part-machine, all comedian
and, of course, our house band A Brief View of the Hudson
WHAT THE PRESS HAS SAID ABOUT "TELL YOUR FRIENDS!"
* Time Out New York called it a "DON'T MISS" twice now, and said: "With a slew of talented stand-ups . . . and folk-rock duo 'A Brief View of the Hudson,' Liam McEneaney's new show—and 'workout comedy room'—is sure to please."
* The NY Daily News made it a Monday pick of the day.
* AM New York put it in their "Best Bets" section.
* "Editor's Pick!" - clubfreetime.com
* The Onion says, "Though it's pegged as a 'workout room' for comics to test their new(ish) material, Liam McEneaney's weekly show Tell Your Friends flexes enough comedic muscle to pull its weight alongside more established downtown shows. Demetri Martin, Slovin & Allen, and Late Night With Conan O'Brien writer Brian Kiley are among the stand-ups who have squeezed into Lolita's narrow space since the show's debut this summer, alongside the surprisingly tolerable resident folk duo A Brief View of the Hudson."
* "It's been a while since we wrote about Tell Your Friends but this weekly comedy series deserves a nod. Every Monday they belt out top notch comedy at rock bottom prices with performers who have appeared on Comedy Central, Conan O'Brien, Jimmy Kimmel, and more." - FreeNYC.net
ABOUT OUR HOUSE BAND
A Brief View of the Hudson is a folk-rock duo that blows away audiences at every show they play.
Here's what the press has said:
* "BEST FOLK DUO"
"It's rare that we like a band from the first chord. Yet the first time we saw folk duo A Brief View of the Hudson play at the Bowery Poetry Club we were hooked.
"Ann Enzminger and Nicholas Nace incorporate many of the best characteristics of both country music and classic rock without sounding derivative...Enzminger is a tiny woman, a hair taller than five feet, but with an opera-trained voice as big and sweet as a bowling ball–size Hershey Kiss. Nace's twangy talk-singing adds a quirky and ear-catching roughness; we crave the combination time and again." - The NY Press
* "It is not often that a band sounds like nothing you've ever heard & still sounds good. That's what you get from A Brief View of the Hudson." - The NY Sun
* "A Brief View of the Hudson features Ann Enzminger's arrestingly powerful vocals, which are well tuned to the duo's graceful songs of indie-folk heartbreak." -Time Out NY
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I am writing a tasty entry for tomorrow, though.
Meanwhile, enjoy this:
JUNE 18th - last show until September!
Tell Your Friends!
at the Lolita bar!
266 Broome St., at the corner of Allen!
8:00pm - FREE!
Host: Liam McEneaney - as seen on Comedy Central's "Premium Blend" and VH1's "Best Week Ever"
Acts:
Demetri Martin - is a correspondent for "The Daily Show w/ Jon Stewart" and had a Comedy Central one-hour special, "Demetri Martin: Person." His album, "These Are Jokes," is available from Comedy Central Records
Greg Giraldo - has had two "Comedy Central Presents: Greg Giraldo" specials; has appeared on the Comedy Central Roasts for Pamela Anderson, William Shatner, and Chevy Chase; and has made multiple appearances on "The Late Show w/ David Letterman" and "Late Night w/ Conan O'Brien." His album, "Good Day to Cross A River," is available from Comedy Central Records
Rachel Trachtenburg - is the drummer for the Trachtenburg Family Slideshow Players, and has appeared on "Late Night w/ Conan O'Brien" and toured the USA and Europe. She's working some stuff out for her solo show at the Edinburgh Fringe Festival
Amanda Melson - as seen on Comedy Central's "Live At Gotham"
Baron Vaughn - has appeared at the prestigious US Comedy Arts Festival in Aspen
Andres DuBouchet - part-man, part-machine, all comedian
and, of course, our house band A Brief View of the Hudson
WHAT THE PRESS HAS SAID ABOUT "TELL YOUR FRIENDS!"
* Time Out New York called it a "DON'T MISS" twice now, and said: "With a slew of talented stand-ups . . . and folk-rock duo 'A Brief View of the Hudson,' Liam McEneaney's new show—and 'workout comedy room'—is sure to please."
* The NY Daily News made it a Monday pick of the day.
* AM New York put it in their "Best Bets" section.
* "Editor's Pick!" - clubfreetime.com
* The Onion says, "Though it's pegged as a 'workout room' for comics to test their new(ish) material, Liam McEneaney's weekly show Tell Your Friends flexes enough comedic muscle to pull its weight alongside more established downtown shows. Demetri Martin, Slovin & Allen, and Late Night With Conan O'Brien writer Brian Kiley are among the stand-ups who have squeezed into Lolita's narrow space since the show's debut this summer, alongside the surprisingly tolerable resident folk duo A Brief View of the Hudson."
* "It's been a while since we wrote about Tell Your Friends but this weekly comedy series deserves a nod. Every Monday they belt out top notch comedy at rock bottom prices with performers who have appeared on Comedy Central, Conan O'Brien, Jimmy Kimmel, and more." - FreeNYC.net
ABOUT OUR HOUSE BAND
A Brief View of the Hudson is a folk-rock duo that blows away audiences at every show they play.
Here's what the press has said:
* "BEST FOLK DUO"
"It's rare that we like a band from the first chord. Yet the first time we saw folk duo A Brief View of the Hudson play at the Bowery Poetry Club we were hooked.
"Ann Enzminger and Nicholas Nace incorporate many of the best characteristics of both country music and classic rock without sounding derivative...Enzminger is a tiny woman, a hair taller than five feet, but with an opera-trained voice as big and sweet as a bowling ball–size Hershey Kiss. Nace's twangy talk-singing adds a quirky and ear-catching roughness; we crave the combination time and again." - The NY Press
* "It is not often that a band sounds like nothing you've ever heard & still sounds good. That's what you get from A Brief View of the Hudson." - The NY Sun
* "A Brief View of the Hudson features Ann Enzminger's arrestingly powerful vocals, which are well tuned to the duo's graceful songs of indie-folk heartbreak." -Time Out NY
Wednesday, June 13, 2007
IF YOU'RE IN NYC TONIGHT
I'll be doing this show.
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I don't remember if I've posted this before, but here's a clip of Johnny "Trash" singing "Nasty Dan" with Oscar the Grouch on Sesame Street. If you're wondering what era this is from, wait for Oscar to say "Far out!"
I was on the set of Sesame Street once, watching Big Bird film a sketch with Cookie Monster.
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I don't remember if I've posted this before, but here's a clip of Johnny "Trash" singing "Nasty Dan" with Oscar the Grouch on Sesame Street. If you're wondering what era this is from, wait for Oscar to say "Far out!"
I was on the set of Sesame Street once, watching Big Bird film a sketch with Cookie Monster.
Tuesday, June 12, 2007
WENT TO A PARTY ON SATURDAY NIGHT, I DIDN'T GET LAID, GOT INTO A FIGHT OH YEAH
Okay, so I didn't get into a fight either, relax mom.
I was at a birthday party on Saturday night, and my friends who are in a fun band were there, and they said, "We have to leave soon, we're performing at a fundraiser for a guy's Burning Man project. It's out in Red Hook at an old firehouse."
And so I invited myself along. It was an "artist party," and what that means is that there were dorks in cowboy hats trying to make a threeway happen. "Oh look, now I'm awkwardly grinding two women." These are always the same guys who never got dates in high school, and now one woman isn't enough! "You owe me God. I'm going to average it out before I die."
Anyway, before I went to the party, I always had felt bad because I always thought I'm really bad at talking to women. But then I realized that no I'm not. I'm just really bad at talking to people, period.
Seriously, here's a conversation I had with a cute woman right after she high-fived me:
HER: We're high-fiving because a girl horse won the Belmont Stakes for the first time in 100 years!
ME: It's too bad she only get 70% of the prize a male horse gets.
HER: What's that supposed to mean?
ME: I just...
HER: No really, what does that mean? Why would you say that?
ME: It was just...
HER: Is that supposed to be funny?
ME: But...
HER: (leaving)
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Okay, the next time A-Rod complains about how tough New York Yankees fans are on him, he should take a look at this clip. I found it while looking for interview footage of Philadelphia Phillie Aaron Rowand, because he is, in a word, kinda gay (seriously, catch him on ESPN or whatever sometime. He "pings my 'dar," as they say).
Phillies fans might be the worst fans in sports. At their stadium, the bullpens, where the pitchers warm up, are stacked one on top of the other, with the visitors' bullpen on top. And the reason the visitors are on top, is that the Phillies' bullpen used to be on top to give the fans the chance to watch their players warm up, but the fans kept spitting on their own pitchers and throwing crap at them.
Here's a clip of Aaron Rowand missing a diving catch, and so naturally the fans starting booing... fellow outfielder Pat Burrell:
And for fun, here's former Yankee outfielder Bernie Williams playing guitar with the Allman Brothers:
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I was at a birthday party on Saturday night, and my friends who are in a fun band were there, and they said, "We have to leave soon, we're performing at a fundraiser for a guy's Burning Man project. It's out in Red Hook at an old firehouse."
And so I invited myself along. It was an "artist party," and what that means is that there were dorks in cowboy hats trying to make a threeway happen. "Oh look, now I'm awkwardly grinding two women." These are always the same guys who never got dates in high school, and now one woman isn't enough! "You owe me God. I'm going to average it out before I die."
Anyway, before I went to the party, I always had felt bad because I always thought I'm really bad at talking to women. But then I realized that no I'm not. I'm just really bad at talking to people, period.
Seriously, here's a conversation I had with a cute woman right after she high-fived me:
HER: We're high-fiving because a girl horse won the Belmont Stakes for the first time in 100 years!
ME: It's too bad she only get 70% of the prize a male horse gets.
HER: What's that supposed to mean?
ME: I just...
HER: No really, what does that mean? Why would you say that?
ME: It was just...
HER: Is that supposed to be funny?
ME: But...
HER: (leaving)
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Okay, the next time A-Rod complains about how tough New York Yankees fans are on him, he should take a look at this clip. I found it while looking for interview footage of Philadelphia Phillie Aaron Rowand, because he is, in a word, kinda gay (seriously, catch him on ESPN or whatever sometime. He "pings my 'dar," as they say).
Phillies fans might be the worst fans in sports. At their stadium, the bullpens, where the pitchers warm up, are stacked one on top of the other, with the visitors' bullpen on top. And the reason the visitors are on top, is that the Phillies' bullpen used to be on top to give the fans the chance to watch their players warm up, but the fans kept spitting on their own pitchers and throwing crap at them.
Here's a clip of Aaron Rowand missing a diving catch, and so naturally the fans starting booing... fellow outfielder Pat Burrell:
And for fun, here's former Yankee outfielder Bernie Williams playing guitar with the Allman Brothers:
Friday, June 08, 2007
SEE YOU ON MONDAY
I'm preparing to go out of town this weekend, and by "preparing," I mean I'm watching cable TV and thinking about how I should have done laundry.
I'm writing this as some neighbors on the next block are setting off fireworks. July 4th is a month away, so I imagine they're celebrating their impending indepence from their fingers. And I'm watching a rerun of The Cosby Show where the cast are sitting around with Christopher Plummer reciting Shakespearean monologues at each other (Theo and Cockroach are doing a rap version of Julius Caeser). I'm pretty sure I'm not dreaming.
I guess what I'm saying, I am LIVING MY LIFE TO THE FULLEST! Anyway, come see this show on Monday, it will be quite excellent:
JUNE 11th - only two shows left!
Tell Your Friends!
at the Lolita bar!
266 Broome St., at the corner of Allen!
8:00pm - FREE!
Host: Liam McEneaney - as seen on Comedy Central's "Premium Blend" and VH1's "Best Week Ever"
Acts:
John Oliver - is a correspondant for "The Daily Show w/ Jon Stewart"
Victor Varnado - from the movies "Pluto Nash" and "End of Days," and directed the movie, "Twist the Cap," with Charlie Murphy. As a standup has appeared on Comedy Central's "Premium Blend," "Jimmy Kimmel Live!," and "Late NIght w/ Conan O'Brien"
Rachel Trachtenburg - is the drummer for the Trachtenburg Family Slideshow Players, and has appeared on "Late Night w/ Conan O'Brien" and toured the USA and Europe. She's working some stuff out for her solo show at the Edinburgh Fringe Festival
Tony Camin - is a writer/star of the Off-broadway hit, "The Marijuanalogues." As a stand-up, he has appeared on "Late Night," "Tough Crowd w/ Colin Quinn," and "Jimmy Kimmel Live!"
Bob Powers - is the author of "Girls Are Pretty" from St. Martin's Press
Michelle Leona - is a regular at The Moth story-telling series
and the New York City return of Brody Stevens
Of course, we're bringing it all back home with our freewheeling house band A Brief View of the Hudson
WHAT THE PRESS HAS SAID ABOUT "TELL YOUR FRIENDS!"
* Time Out New York called it a "DON'T MISS" twice now, and said: "With a slew of talented stand-ups . . . and folk-rock duo 'A Brief View of the Hudson,' Liam McEneaney's new show—and 'workout comedy room'—is sure to please."
* The NY Daily News made it a Monday pick of the day.
* AM New York put it in their "Best Bets" section.
* "Editor's Pick!" - clubfreetime.com
* The Onion says, "Though it's pegged as a 'workout room' for comics to test their new(ish) material, Liam McEneaney's weekly show Tell Your Friends flexes enough comedic muscle to pull its weight alongside more established downtown shows. Demetri Martin, Slovin & Allen, and Late Night With Conan O'Brien writer Brian Kiley are among the stand-ups who have squeezed into Lolita's narrow space since the show's debut this summer, alongside the surprisingly tolerable resident folk duo A Brief View of the Hudson."
* "It's been a while since we wrote about Tell Your Friends but this weekly comedy series deserves a nod. Every Monday they belt out top notch comedy at rock bottom prices with performers who have appeared on Comedy Central, Conan O'Brien, Jimmy Kimmel, and more." - FreeNYC.net
ABOUT OUR HOUSE BAND
A Brief View of the Hudson is a folk-rock duo that blows away audiences at every show they play.
Here's what the press has said:
* "BEST FOLK DUO"
"It's rare that we like a band from the first chord. Yet the first time we saw folk duo A Brief View of the Hudson play at the Bowery Poetry Club we were hooked.
"Ann Enzminger and Nicholas Nace incorporate many of the best characteristics of both country music and classic rock without sounding derivative...Enzminger is a tiny woman, a hair taller than five feet, but with an opera-trained voice as big and sweet as a bowling ball–size Hershey Kiss. Nace's twangy talk-singing adds a quirky and ear-catching roughness; we crave the combination time and again." - The NY Press
* "It is not often that a band sounds like nothing you've ever heard & still sounds good. That's what you get from A Brief View of the Hudson." - The NY Sun
* "A Brief View of the Hudson features Ann Enzminger's arrestingly powerful vocals, which are well tuned to the duo's graceful songs of indie-folk heartbreak." -Time Out NY
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I'm writing this as some neighbors on the next block are setting off fireworks. July 4th is a month away, so I imagine they're celebrating their impending indepence from their fingers. And I'm watching a rerun of The Cosby Show where the cast are sitting around with Christopher Plummer reciting Shakespearean monologues at each other (Theo and Cockroach are doing a rap version of Julius Caeser). I'm pretty sure I'm not dreaming.
I guess what I'm saying, I am LIVING MY LIFE TO THE FULLEST! Anyway, come see this show on Monday, it will be quite excellent:
JUNE 11th - only two shows left!
Tell Your Friends!
at the Lolita bar!
266 Broome St., at the corner of Allen!
8:00pm - FREE!
Host: Liam McEneaney - as seen on Comedy Central's "Premium Blend" and VH1's "Best Week Ever"
Acts:
John Oliver - is a correspondant for "The Daily Show w/ Jon Stewart"
Victor Varnado - from the movies "Pluto Nash" and "End of Days," and directed the movie, "Twist the Cap," with Charlie Murphy. As a standup has appeared on Comedy Central's "Premium Blend," "Jimmy Kimmel Live!," and "Late NIght w/ Conan O'Brien"
Rachel Trachtenburg - is the drummer for the Trachtenburg Family Slideshow Players, and has appeared on "Late Night w/ Conan O'Brien" and toured the USA and Europe. She's working some stuff out for her solo show at the Edinburgh Fringe Festival
Tony Camin - is a writer/star of the Off-broadway hit, "The Marijuanalogues." As a stand-up, he has appeared on "Late Night," "Tough Crowd w/ Colin Quinn," and "Jimmy Kimmel Live!"
Bob Powers - is the author of "Girls Are Pretty" from St. Martin's Press
Michelle Leona - is a regular at The Moth story-telling series
and the New York City return of Brody Stevens
Of course, we're bringing it all back home with our freewheeling house band A Brief View of the Hudson
WHAT THE PRESS HAS SAID ABOUT "TELL YOUR FRIENDS!"
* Time Out New York called it a "DON'T MISS" twice now, and said: "With a slew of talented stand-ups . . . and folk-rock duo 'A Brief View of the Hudson,' Liam McEneaney's new show—and 'workout comedy room'—is sure to please."
* The NY Daily News made it a Monday pick of the day.
* AM New York put it in their "Best Bets" section.
* "Editor's Pick!" - clubfreetime.com
* The Onion says, "Though it's pegged as a 'workout room' for comics to test their new(ish) material, Liam McEneaney's weekly show Tell Your Friends flexes enough comedic muscle to pull its weight alongside more established downtown shows. Demetri Martin, Slovin & Allen, and Late Night With Conan O'Brien writer Brian Kiley are among the stand-ups who have squeezed into Lolita's narrow space since the show's debut this summer, alongside the surprisingly tolerable resident folk duo A Brief View of the Hudson."
* "It's been a while since we wrote about Tell Your Friends but this weekly comedy series deserves a nod. Every Monday they belt out top notch comedy at rock bottom prices with performers who have appeared on Comedy Central, Conan O'Brien, Jimmy Kimmel, and more." - FreeNYC.net
ABOUT OUR HOUSE BAND
A Brief View of the Hudson is a folk-rock duo that blows away audiences at every show they play.
Here's what the press has said:
* "BEST FOLK DUO"
"It's rare that we like a band from the first chord. Yet the first time we saw folk duo A Brief View of the Hudson play at the Bowery Poetry Club we were hooked.
"Ann Enzminger and Nicholas Nace incorporate many of the best characteristics of both country music and classic rock without sounding derivative...Enzminger is a tiny woman, a hair taller than five feet, but with an opera-trained voice as big and sweet as a bowling ball–size Hershey Kiss. Nace's twangy talk-singing adds a quirky and ear-catching roughness; we crave the combination time and again." - The NY Press
* "It is not often that a band sounds like nothing you've ever heard & still sounds good. That's what you get from A Brief View of the Hudson." - The NY Sun
* "A Brief View of the Hudson features Ann Enzminger's arrestingly powerful vocals, which are well tuned to the duo's graceful songs of indie-folk heartbreak." -Time Out NY
Thursday, June 07, 2007
WEB REPORTER ARRESTED ON GIULIANI PRESS SECRETARY'S ORDERS
This is an interesting conundrum - who am I rooting against harder in this clip?
On the one hand, the "reporter" really is annoying and crazy, no doubt. I know people who have this attitude of "I'd rather be a nuisance than actually create any type of public debate," and what happens is that no matter how good your point is (and I honestly think he didn't have the world's greatest point to make) no one will listen to you because you come off looking like an asshole.
On the other hand, if you're the press officer for a Presidential candidate, do you really want to be arresting people because they won't stop asking annoying questions? Aren't you supposed to be trained to take on tough questions from persistent reporters? I mean, I'm sure there are days when Tony Snow would love to have the White House Press Crops dragged off to Guantanemo, but you can't just do that, man.
Anyone who remembers the 7-1/2 years of Giuliani's mayoralty before 9/11 will not be surprised by this clip at all. The man is a proto-fascist, and would be terrible for this country. (Remember when he wanted to extend his term for six months because of "the emergency"? Boy did the city's goodwill evaporate fast.)
In fact, here's a great clip of Giuliani getting called out on a big big big lie he's been telling the press lately:
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On a lighter note, here's Johnny Cash singing "A Boy Named Sue" at the concert at San Quentin prison (do yourself a favor; pick up the "Live From San Quentin" album):
Wednesday, June 06, 2007
I GUESS I SHOULD HAVE MENTIONED THIS
I'm taking a break from writing on this blog until Friday. I'm just doing a lot of writing lately, and I don't have the focus to do my blog and all the trying-to-get-paid comedy writing I've been doing AND the asinine opinions I've been writing on my Bob Dylan nerd fan message board.
Meanwhile, my buddy Andres made this short video. I enjoyed it very much, and now, so will you:
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Meanwhile, my buddy Andres made this short video. I enjoyed it very much, and now, so will you:
